Posts Tagged ‘contract’

Method_2of5: Contract (negotiation)

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

The five articles in this series have a single purpose: share small outlines of the approach I used in various consulting and service management activities.

Delegating through communication

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Whenever I was working on a project, I was always puzzled by the look I got when I asked about communication policy.

In most cases, communication is considered “embedded” in the activities- hence, no need whatsoever to plan or set guidelines.

This is a short article (1000 words is the limit), summarizing some suggestions that I keep sharing since late 1980s, when I was working everyday in a different project/site.

Using safely outsourcing and SaaS

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Are you interested or involved in decisions about using outsourcing and web-based applications?

Then, business-oriented (i.e. non technical) post is for you.

How to define a contractual minimal level of security, with some examples.

Let me explain: not simply outsourcing, but also SasS (Software as a service).

If you do not understand what I mean… it is like GoogleDocs- the idea that you do not install software on your machine, and instead use a website to both give you the software and keep your documents.

A wonderful concept.

And I totally subscribe to it.

But…

GMN2009: Metascripting

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

After scripting event-by-event, you will probably identify the need of some structure of reference.

So that each scripting is linked to a common, shared “way of scripting” that you adopt in your own organization (or for your 20-volume “novel”).

But this scripting about scripting, or metascripting, represents the environment that defines, identify, and justify your activities.

When does it make sense to script? How does scripting link with the model that you built for your reality?

And, finally, how do you represent everything together, and evolve your models, including the scripting rules that are contained within the models?

This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.

Crisis & conflict management

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

along my career, as well as in other activities before, I always enjoyed negotiating.

often, I have been called in by partners after they had already built a contract-based relationship: that wasn’t working as planned

this post is long and without a chapter-by-chapter division: because it is a short summary of what I learned to do, and what to avoid